KASHRUT LAWS OF ALL LIVING CREATURES AND DISHES/UTENSILS
Link to Parashat Sh'mini, 6th & 7th aliyot -Vayikra ch. 11 - the main Torah source for the laws of Kashrut.
Link to the aliyot of chabad.org: 6th aliyah and 7th aliyah
In groups of two, answer the following questions based on the text above and create for yourselves a study guide - INCLUDE IMPORTANT VOCABULARY (i.e. מפרסת פרסה = "split hoof"):
1) Rules governing kashrut of land animals - be specific
2) Rules governing kashrut of water animals - be specific
3) Rules governing kashrut of winged animals - be specific (what characteristics do many of them have in common?)
4) Rules governing the kashrut of "creepy crawler" type animals - be specific
5) Other kashrut (purity/impurity) laws governing animals and their corpses, creatures, food, and dishes/utensils
6) WHY must we observe kashrut laws, according to this Torah text?
7) Find the source for the need to separate meat and dairy in this section.
1) Are these verses the same or different?
2) What do these verses forbid? Be specific.
3) Do these verses seem to match up with everything you already know about the requirements to separate milk and meat?
4) Read the Rabbinic source below and answer the questions beneath it.
Shulhan Arukh - Yoreh Dei'ah - Laws of Meat in Milk
Siman Alef
"Do not boil a kid in its mother's milk" is written in the Torah 3 times:
one for the prohibition against cooking;
one for the prohibition against eating;
and one for the prohibition against deriving benefit...
כתוב בתורה "לא תבשל גדי בחלב אמוֹ" 3 פעמים.
אחד לאסור בשול
ואחד לאסור אכילה
ואחד לאסור הנאה
1) Find out the who, when, where of Joseph Karo (author of the Shulhan Arukh). What was his area of specialty?
2) How does this text specifically explain the meaning of the Torah verse(s) you studied above?
3) What do you think "benefit" means in this text?
4) Does this sound more like the laws about separating meat and milk than you are familiar with? Why or why not? Is anything still missing, in your opinion?
Additional Subjects:
1) פרווה/PAREVE
Pareve is "kashrut neutral," meaning that it is considered neither milk nor meat
Anything in its natural state that comes from a plant is considered pareve
All fruits and vegetables, including nuts, which are a fruit
All fish (as long as they are kosher)
Eggs
Processed foods that include only pareve ingredients (soy products, tofu...etc.)
In some communities, fish and meat will not be served on the same plate. For an explanation of this custom, see the following website: xxxxxxxxxxx
2) WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH CHICKEN?
Since chicken is not a milk-bearing mammal, it was not originally classified as MEAT within kashrut. However, the Rabbis changed its classification for two reasons:
Since chicken was much more affordable than beef and other meats and it was strong Rabbinic instructed custom to eat meat and wine for Shabbat and festival meals, people were treating chicken like MEAT and eating it for festive meals
Like cows, goats, and sheep, chicken were farm animals raised by farmers, whose meat was eaten like those other kosher animals.
Since chicken was being treated as meat AND it could be mistaken as meat since it is like other meat animals, the Rabbis changed the classification of chicken from PAREVE to MEAT.
3) סיג לתורה/THE "FENCE AROUND THE TORAH"
Since the Torah rules particularly related to the separation of milk and meat are so few and vague, the Rabbis "built a fence" around them to make sure that they were observed fully and properly.
Classifying chicken as meat is one of these fences.
4) LAWS OF 1/60th/בטל בששים
What happens if a small drop of dairy ACCIDENTALLY falls into a cooking dish that is meat?
This scenario is where the laws of 1/60th come into play. As long as the dairy that fell in was less than 1/60th of the total volume of the dish that was cooking, the drop is considered to be nullified/erased in the larger mixture because it will not impart/impact the taste.
The Rabbis created this law in order to safeguard people from huge amounts of waste. Imagine having to throw out a cooking dish just because a small drop - that would have no impact on the taste - fell into it. That would be a waste of the food and the money that it cost to purchase it. There is an expression, 'the Rabbis have empathy/compassion on money matters."
5) FEEL THE HEAT
6) KOSHER SLAUGHTERING/SH'HITAH
The mitzvah of צער בעלי חיים/Preventing pain and suffering to other living creatures
In this brief unit, we looked at texts for the origins of the laws of Kashrut and discussed the reasons for keeping kosher. The document above contains all of the information you will need in order to be able to complete the Kashrut children's book project to complete the unit.
Kashrut Children's Book Project
For this book, you must first choose an age range for your book:
1) Early childhood (ages 2/3)
2) Preschool/Kindergarten (ages 4-5)
3) Elementary School (Grades 1-3)
After you have chosen your age range, you must then choose the subject for your book. You are not required to include EVERYTHING from the texts that we studied in your book. Some possible options are:
1) What are the kosher and unkosher animals (land and/or water and/or sky)?
2) The laws of milk and meat
3) Why do Jews keep kosher?
4) Comprehensive children's book about all of Kashrut
Once you have chosen both your age range and your subject, you must choose a format for the writing of your book. While I showed you a format in iPhoto, because actually printing that book costs money, I do not recommend using iPhoto. However, the concept of a picture book may work for you. If you would like to create your book written and illustrated by hand, you may. If you would like to use your computer, feel free. The way that you create your book is up to you.
You have permission to create your book with a partner, but the expectations for the quality of the book and accuracy of the content will be higher since two sets of eyes and hands will be doing the work.
KASHRUT LAWS OF ALL LIVING CREATURES AND DISHES/UTENSILS
Link to Parashat Sh'mini, 6th & 7th aliyot - Vayikra ch. 11 - the main Torah source for the laws of Kashrut.
Link to the aliyot of chabad.org: 6th aliyah and 7th aliyah
In groups of two, answer the following questions based on the text above and create for yourselves a study guide - INCLUDE IMPORTANT VOCABULARY (i.e. מפרסת פרסה = "split hoof"):
1) Rules governing kashrut of land animals - be specific
2) Rules governing kashrut of water animals - be specific
3) Rules governing kashrut of winged animals - be specific (what characteristics do many of them have in common?)
4) Rules governing the kashrut of "creepy crawler" type animals - be specific
5) Other kashrut (purity/impurity) laws governing animals and their corpses, creatures, food, and dishes/utensils
6) WHY must we observe kashrut laws, according to this Torah text?
7) Find the source for the need to separate meat and dairy in this section.
KASHRUT LAWS PERTAINING TO MILK AND MEAT
Read the sources in the Torah for the requirement to separate meat and dairy:
Exodus 23:19
Exodus 34:26
Deuteronomy 14:21
1) Are these verses the same or different?
2) What do these verses forbid? Be specific.
3) Do these verses seem to match up with everything you already know about the requirements to separate milk and meat?
4) Read the Rabbinic source below and answer the questions beneath it.
Shulhan Arukh - Yoreh Dei'ah - Laws of Meat in Milk
Siman Alefone for the prohibition against cooking;
one for the prohibition against eating;
and one for the prohibition against deriving benefit...
כתוב בתורה "לא תבשל גדי בחלב אמוֹ" 3 פעמים.
אחד לאסור בשול
ואחד לאסור אכילה
ואחד לאסור הנאה
2) How does this text specifically explain the meaning of the Torah verse(s) you studied above?
3) What do you think "benefit" means in this text?
4) Does this sound more like the laws about separating meat and milk than you are familiar with? Why or why not? Is anything still missing, in your opinion?
Additional Subjects:
1) פרווה/PAREVE
2) WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH CHICKEN?
3) סיג לתורה/THE "FENCE AROUND THE TORAH"
4) LAWS OF 1/60th/בטל בששים
5) FEEL THE HEAT
6) KOSHER SLAUGHTERING/SH'HITAH
Link to the Kashrut Unit shared doc: click here.
In this brief unit, we looked at texts for the origins of the laws of Kashrut and discussed the reasons for keeping kosher. The document above contains all of the information you will need in order to be able to complete the Kashrut children's book project to complete the unit.
Kashrut Children's Book Project
For this book, you must first choose an age range for your book:1) Early childhood (ages 2/3)
2) Preschool/Kindergarten (ages 4-5)
3) Elementary School (Grades 1-3)
After you have chosen your age range, you must then choose the subject for your book. You are not required to include EVERYTHING from the texts that we studied in your book. Some possible options are:
1) What are the kosher and unkosher animals (land and/or water and/or sky)?
2) The laws of milk and meat
3) Why do Jews keep kosher?
4) Comprehensive children's book about all of Kashrut
Once you have chosen both your age range and your subject, you must choose a format for the writing of your book. While I showed you a format in iPhoto, because actually printing that book costs money, I do not recommend using iPhoto. However, the concept of a picture book may work for you. If you would like to create your book written and illustrated by hand, you may. If you would like to use your computer, feel free. The way that you create your book is up to you.
You have permission to create your book with a partner, but the expectations for the quality of the book and accuracy of the content will be higher since two sets of eyes and hands will be doing the work.
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